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Exercising during menstruation is shown to provide great benefits. This is because moderate intensity exercise can help reduce cramps and bloating during menstruation.

Besides that, exercise during menstruation helps improve the effectiveness of blood circulation, thereby reducing headaches and other pain caused by loss of blood and iron.

In some cases, it was found that regular exercise also helps control the unbridled desire of hunger for food, especially junk food, as reported by the Times of india.

The study also found other results, which is that women who rarely or only perform little exercise is likely to have long, painful and irregular menstrual cycles.

While if a woman performs too much or extreme work out or bodybuilding, it can actually make women experience a temporary cessation of menstruation or makes it irregular.

A menstrual cycle can be divided into 6 distinct phases. In the first phase up to the third, it is related to changes in the uterine wall, while the remaining three phases associated with the processes occurring in the ovary.